Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Video Interviews: Patrick Sissman and Ben Montgomery

In our second installment of the player video interviews, we focus on the two players on the squad from Maryland: senior captain Patrick Sissman and freshman forward Ben Montgomery. The guys discuss keys to the team's success and Patrick reflects on his career at MIT.



MIT to Face Clark; WPI, Springfield Advance in NEWMAC Tourney

Top-seeded MIT (22-3) will host No. 5-seeded Clark University (14-12) on Saturday, February 27 at 1 p.m. after the Cougars defeated No. 4 Wheaton (10-15), 58-55, at the Lyons' Emerson Gymnasium. As expected, the game was virtually even across every statistical category, but the Cougars held on despite leading by nine with three minutes to play and a poor performance at the charity stripe in the game's final minutes. The Lyons had a chance to tie the game, but Brendan Degnan's buzzer-beating three missed.

In earlier action, No. 3 WPI (19-6) jumped out to an 18-2 start before prevailing, 76-71, against No. 6 Coast Guard. Kyle Nadeau paced four players in double figures with 16 points and seven assists. Fernando Perez added 14 points and 14 rebounds. Coast Guard climbed back into contention behind a phenomenal performance by Greg Marshall, who dropped in a game-best 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting. The Bears finish the season at 7-16.

Worcester's version of the Engineers will face No. 2 Springfield College (14-12) in the second semi-final hosted by MIT on Saturday. It took all 40 minutes for the Pride to shake last-place Babson (10-16). Matt Zoia hit two three's in providing the Beavers with a late push, but led by Ryan Coburn's 9-for-10 effort at the line and game-high 15 points, Springfield advanced, 71-65.

MIT Drops A Spot in Final Regular-Season NCAA NE Region Rankings

The final of four in-season regional rankings were released today by the NCAA, and MIT fell to the #3 ranking in the Northeast region, only trailing Williams and Middlebury.


Full rankings can be found here: NCAA Release.

Statistically Speaking

This is how MIT stacks up statistically in the NEWMAC and against other NCAA DIII teams across the country. Stats are for games through 2/21/2010. Only statistics in which MIT is top 2 in the NEWMAC as a team and top 10 in individual categories are listed. Note that the NCAA does not rank all categories that the NEWMAC ranks.

Team Stats
Statistic Value NEWMAC NCAA
Scoring Defense58.818
Rebounding Margin+7.0118
Scoring Margin+12.2119
3FGM7.56156
FG%46.3189
Assists14.481104
A/TO0.901170
Rebounding Defense30.61
Scoring Offense71.02201
FG% Defense/td> 39.8227
3FG% Defense21.52


Individual Stats
Player Statistic Value NEWMAC NCAA
Noel HollingsworthScoring20.2142
FG%56.9158
Rebounds9.1165
Blocks1.44393
Mitchell KatesSteals2.20162
Assists4.24192
A/TO1.256
FG%49.67
Scoring13.38485
FT%69.39
Jimmy Burke3FGM2.46191
3FG%41.34
Will TashmanRebounds7.04216
FG%55.42
Billy Johnson3FGM1.645387
Billy BenderRebounds5.39
3FGM1.2110